We Are The Slaves Of Slaves

Madly, Futilely, I Wrote Novel After Novel, Eight In All, That Failed To Find A Publisher. I Persisted Because For Me The Novel Was The Supreme Literary Form: Not Just One Among Many, Not A Relic Of The Past, But The Way We Communicate To One Another The Subtlest Truths About This Business Of Living.

The English Seem To Think Drinking Wine Is Like Committing Adultery, Something You Do Rarely And Abroad.

A Well-off Plastic Surgeon Can Suffer Just As Much As An Irish Lad Who Has Been Abused Or Whatever.

When I Began To Write Seriously, 40 Years Ago Now, My Chosen Form Was The Novel.

There Are Dozens Of Great American Writers Who Write About The Family.